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The '''Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary''' <ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/poland/3338.htm Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]</ref> ({{lang-pl|Bazylika archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Białymstoku}} ) also called '''Białystok Cathedral'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.
The predecessor of the present cathedral was a Renaissance church was built between 1617 and 1626. In the late 19th century, the number of parishioners had grown to 12,000 people, while the old church was only room for 1,000 worshipers. The Catholics under Czarist Russia were not allowed to build a new church. However, permission was obtained to increase the old parish church. In 1900 he started next to the old church building a neo-Gothic church, designed by Józef Pius Dziekoński. On 17 September 1905, the church was consecrated by the Bishop of [[Vilnius]].
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